[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37448-37449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12849]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 40-6659]


Establishment of the U.S. Department of Energy as the Long-Term 
Custodian of the Shirley Basin South Uranium Mill Tailings Site in 
Shirley Basin, Wyoming and Termination of the Petrotomics Company 
Source Materials License for the Shirley Basin South Site

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the U.S. Department of Energy as the 
long-term custodian of the Shirley Basin South uranium mill tailings 
site in Shirley Basin, Wyoming under the general license provisions of 
10 CFR part 40.28, and termination of the Petrotomics Company specific 
Source Materials License SUA-551 for the Shirley Basin South site.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Weller, Project Manager, Fuel 
Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 415-
7287; fax number: (301) 415-5955; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    On March 25, 2005, the Petrotomics Company (Petrotomics) 
transferred ownership of the Shirley Basin South uranium mill tailings 
site in Shirley Basin, Wyoming to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 
as required by 10 CFR part 40, appendix A, criterion 11, prior to 
termination of Petrotomics' specific license. Subsequently, by letter 
dated May 12, 2005, the DOE submitted the final Long-Term Surveillance 
Plan (LTSP) for the Shirley Basin South site for review by the U.S. 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). A correction to one page of the 
LTSP was provided to the NRC in a DOE letter dated June 1, 2005. Based 
on the review of the LTSP, the NRC has determined that the LTSP 
satisfies the requirements in 10 CFR part 40, appendix A, criterion 12, 
and Sec.  40.28 for the long-term surveillance of a tailings disposal 
site. Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the NRC has accepted the 
LTSP for the Shirley Basin South site. This acceptance establishes the 
DOE as the long-term custodian and caretaker of the Shirley Basin South 
site under the general license specified in 10 CFR 40.28. In a 
concurrent action, the NRC has terminated Petrotomics' specific Source 
Materials License SUA-551 for the Shirley Basin South site. These 
actions complete all requirements for closure of the Shirley Basin 
South site under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 
1978, as amended. These actions do not require an environmental 
assessment as they are categorically excluded under 10 CFR 
51.22(c)(11).

II. Further Information

    The NRC has prepared correspondence which documents the actions 
that establish the DOE as the long-term custodian of the Shirley Basin 
South site under the general license specified in 10 CFR 40.28 and 
terminate Petrotomics' specific Source Materials License SUA-551 for 
the Shirley Basin South site. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the 
NRC's ``Rules of Practice,'' copies of this correspondence, as well as 
the Shirley Basin South LTSP submitted by DOE letters dated May 12 and 
June 1, 2005, are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic 
Reading Room at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this 
site, you can access the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and 
Management System (ADAMS), which provides text and image files of NRC's 
public documents. The ADAMS accession numbers for the documents related 
to this notice are listed below. If you do not have access to ADAMS or 
if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, 
contact the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) Reference staff at 1-800-
397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    Documents Related to this Notice:
    1. Letter dated May 12, 2005, from T. Pauling, DOE, to G. Janosko, 
NRC, submitting the final LTSP for the Shirley Basin South site. 
ML051370527.
    2. Letter dated June 1, 2005, from T. Pauling, DOE, to G. Janosko, 
NRC, submitting a correction to one page of the final LTSP for the 
Shirley Basin South site. ML051610322.
    3. Letter dated June 8, 2005, from G. Janosko, NRC, to T. Pauling, 
DOE, accepting the final LTSP for the Shirley Basin South site. 
ML051660316.
    4. Letter dated June 8, 2005, from G. Janosko, NRC, to S. Pfaff, 
Petrotomics Company, terminating Petrotomics' specific Source Materials 
License SUA-

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551 for the Shirley Basin South site. ML051660331.
    These documents may also be viewed electronically on the public 
computers located at the NRC's PDR, O 1 F21, One White Flint North, 
11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. The PDR reproduction 
contractor will copy documents for a fee.

    Dated in Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of June 2005.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Richard Weller,
Senior Project Manager, Fuel Cycle Facilities Branch, Division of Fuel 
Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 
Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 05-12849 Filed 6-28-05; 8:45 am]
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